TravelPulseThere's no greater motivator for millennials than the opportunity to travel finds a survey by Flexjobs.com. Results of the survey were the subject of a recent article in the St. Louis Post Dispatch, saying that millennials work to travel.
"The ability to travel is nearly as essential a work motivator as food and shelter, millennials told surveyors recently. It's a result that employers should consider carefully," notes the paper. READ MORE

Travel Market ReportLike sifting through tea leaves, the travel industry is dissecting 2016 bookings and travel trends, trying to understand whether a healthy August surge means agents might be able to cash in on strong demand through the end of the year, or if the month was an anomaly.
According to the U.S. Travel Association's Travel Trends Index, travel volume in the United States rose 4.4 percent in August, an unexpected surge over August 2015, and a higher growth rate than any other month since May of this year.READ MORE

Meetings and ConventionsU.S. Travel has launched an ad campaign in Las Vegas, ahead of the final presidential debate, which will be held there on Oct. 19. The new ads speak to travel's economic impact and will run in McCarran International Airport and Las Vegas taxis until after the debate. Travel Channel host and U.S. Travel ambassador Samantha Brown voices the 15- and 30-second videos. READ MORE

Bloomberg via SkiftAfter years of bargain fares and low fuel prices, U.S. airlines are likely to follow the lead of the second-largest carrier and curb growth next year in a tried-and-true effort to boost ticket prices.
Delta Air Lines Inc. will extend its modest capacity growth of 1 percent in the fourth quarter to all of 2017, with Chief Executive Officer Ed Bastian citing "the weakest revenue environment in recent memory." Given that the U.S. economy continues to expand, albeit sluggishly, READ MORE

Las Vegas Review-JournalThe winner of November's presidential election could determine just how successful Las Vegas and the United States will be in attracting international visitors.
Will our policies be warm, welcoming and inviting, thus encouraging repeat visits and word-of-mouth endorsements? Or will they be closed, with administrators suspicious of those buying plane tickets to visit the American Southwest?READ MORE

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